Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:17:11 -0700
From: Steve Thomas <s4d@hotmail.com>
Subject: Chris-Crossed 33

I have been informed that it would be a good idea to state a few warning
comments. There may be graphic sexual scenes between men in this story, so
please, if this offends you, or it is illegal or you are undreamed to read
such, stop here and hit your "back" button. If it is okay with you read on
and enjoy.

Okay, I will take a moment to recap the characters:

Christopher Allen Gary is the main character.  He is the one telling the
story.
Craig, Chris's lover
Seth, Chris's little brother
Jake Smith, Chris's cousin
Colin, Jake's lover
Carrie, Chris's cousin.
Rob, Carrie's fiancee and Chris and Craigs best friend.
Luke, a friend Chris and Craig met in Hawaii, on their honeymoon.

Others incidental to the story are Chris's Uncle Jake Smith and Auntie
Lindy, his parents, Criags dad (his mom died), Craig's Aunt Cathy, and Etta,
the Smith's maid, Uri and Ursula, Jake and Colin's adopted children, and
Eddie and Mel, Seth's friends who are staying with the Garys because of
parental abuse at home.


>From Chapter 32:

"What the HELL was all that about?"

"I don't know if I should tell you!  I am sworn to secrecy!"

"Married people don't keep secrets!"

"That was Luke's sister!"

"No shit!".

Chapter 33

"She's the only one who keeps in contact with Luke.  She is 36 or so, and it
is she and her little boy who grace all of Luke's walls.  There are two
other sisters, and no other brothers, so Luke is the one to carry on the
family name.   Well - or not, I guess!  When he came out to his parents, his
father reacted - well basically like your dad did."

"Well then, maybe there is hope."  Craig answered.  "My dad surely turned
around, didn't he?"

"Luke's father is in the line of the kings.  It seems there is more at stake
here.  Maybe?"

"Did you notice when the tour bus leaves?  Or where we go to pick it up?"

"It comes right here to the hotel. That travel agent lady down in the lobby
says there are enough just from this hotel to make up a tour.  But we better
get down there and let her know we want to go."

"Okay!  I'll come back down after we go to our room and check in with her."

"I'll do that!"  Craig said. "I'll meet you up in the room!"

"But I have to push your -"

"I can handle it!  It still hurts my shoulder a bit, but the doc said I
would know when it's too much."

I had to wonder why he was anxious to do this himself.  He seemed to have
something up his sleeve.  I hesitatingly went up to our condo.  I was a
little worried about Craig navigating on his own.  I should trust him to
know his limits.  And I DO, but . . .

I was alone in the room.  I had enough time to shed my outer clothes, and
was lounging in my silk boxers when a knock came at the door.  I wondered
who it could be.  I opened the door a crack, as I was not exactly dressed to
meet company.  There was Craig, standing outside the door, holding something
behind his back.  And he was holding it with his bad arm.  He saw through
the crack in the door what I was wearing and smiled.  I think he winked at
me, but with one eye covered, how could I know for sure!

I opened the door wider and he hobbled in. "Where's your wheelchair?"

"Right outside the door! "And with that he grimaced as he pulled his hand
from behind his back.  He presented me with one of the most gorgeous lies I
have ever seen!  It was the very aromatic and beautiful lavender plumeria
that is so prevalent in Hawaii.  He raised it up with both hands, smiling
and grimacing at the same time, and encircled my head with it, then pulled
me in to a very passionate kiss.

"Hrmph!"  I exclaimed.  "I suppose you think this is supposed to elicit some
special service from me?"

"Actually, I was hoping to be on the giving end tonight!  All I want from
you is some of that sweet seed you are so talented at pumping out!  You know
what, though?  It's not the seed so much as just the warmth of your body I
like."

"So,"  I answered, " - are you saying that you would be just as happy to
merely hold me tonight, with nothing more sensual involved?"

"Wha - OH! Sure, if that's what you want!"  I could see he was playing with
me.  Well, two can play!

"Okay.  That sounds kind of nice.  I really would like to shower before we
go out to eat.  Wait right here!"

"Wait?"  I could see he was weakening!  "Well, are you sure you can remember
how to do it by yourself?"

"I'll holler if I forget!"  I said as I showed him my back and scurried into
the bathroom and shut the door, leaving him sitting there with his mouth
open.  I started the shower, took my silkies off and then went to the door
and hollered, "Crai-iag!"  I whined.  "I don't think I can remem -"

The door flew open.  He was standing right outside the door!  "Just don't
forget,"  he said, "Can't get this dressing wet."  He then took off his eye
patch and threw it in the trash.  I can't do this any more!"

"It doesn't itch any more?"

"Nope!  What's this?"  he said as he grabbed my growing piece.

"It's just a small token of my esteem!"  I answered.  He immediately knelt
on the bathroom rug and encircled my still half soft flesh with his lips.
"No!  Wait until I clean up!"

"I want it now - BEFORE you clean up!"

"But -"

"No buts - well maybe one!"  he said as he grabbed both cheeks and pulled my
now raging turgid pole into and down his throat.  It was happening all so
fast, I hardly had time to respond.  Oh!  I responded all right!  I had a
very short fuse and went off before I had a chance to take a deep breath!
Actaully it took my breath away!

"That was just for starters!"  He mumbled.  He sucked on my already
deflating lollypop and  as he hugged and kneaded my butt, his sexy, scratchy
face was on my thigh.  He took a deep sniff.  "Ohhhhh - You smell SOOO
good!"

I pulled him up and his mouth was still full of my spunk.  I got a good bit
back.  It tasted so much better, sweetened by his own wonderful mouth!  I
peered into his gorgeous eyes.  He had a way of speaking to me with his
eyes, and I always got it!  His eyes were saying, "I love you more than
anything I have ever loved - more than myself."  I hoped mine said the same
in return.

We got into the shower and I carefully washed every part of him that it was
okay to get wet.  I wanted to shave his head.  The hair had started to grow
back in short fine shoots.  He looked so sexy without hair!  The bandage was
no more than a minor distraction.  This had to be the most beautiful man in
the world!

I could see that he was getting fatigued by our play, and I told him - no
ordered him - to take it back a notch.  I helped him into his clothes, got
into mine, and I had to almost force him to sit in his wheelchair.  We went
to Denny's again for dinner.  I don't know why!  We had more than enough
money - we could have eaten anywhere we wanted!  And Denny's was not any
closer than the other places.  Old habits die hard, I guess.  I did like
their strawberry shakes!  I could smell the plumeria around my neck all the
while we were dining.  Craig's eyes kept up their constant, wonderful
assault on my emotions.  It was so nice being in a place where we could be
more "out" than we allowed ourselves at home.

We went for another stroll/roll on Waikiki, then went back to our condo, and
retired.  After some very sweet "dessert-after-the-dessert", we went to
sleep in each other's arms.

I have never minded waking up to Craig's morning breath - especially after
we have exchanged fluids the night before.  It is so very strong, to be
sure, but the musky smell of raw sex gets me going in the morning.  And I
almost always wake up before him.

"Hey, buddy, it's time to wake up."  I almost whispered.  He smiled and then
opened his eyes.  "We have to get humping to make it downstairs to the bus
in time."

"Humping?"  he said lazily, "that sounds nice!"  He closed his eyes again.

"Did you want to change your mind, sweetie?"  I said.  "Maybe you just want
to take today off and rest."

"What?!"  He retorted!  His eyes flew open.  "No way!  We're going!  And no
wheel chair today!"

"What?"  I said.  "No wheelchair?  What are you talking about?"

"We will be on the bus most of the day.  I won't need it!"

"Well - okay, but just in case we will take it."

"Hrmph!  The doc said I could make the determination to -"

"And I have to save you from - you!"  I answered.  "I will err on the side
of caution!  I want you for life!"

We ate our usual cereal, Papaya with lemon, and pop tarts, dressed and were
down to the loading area early.  Craig stayed standing and walked back and
forth for the entire ten minutes we waited for the bus to arrive.  When it
did arrive, the driver, Tony, welcomed us to the most comprehensive tour
offered in one day, by a bus line.  He announced himself as the oldest and
most experienced of the drivers, telling us how fortunate we were to have
him as our guide.  Somehow it didn't come across as a brag.  We believed
him.

Tony was probably in his 50's and he was definitely a native Hawaiian.  His
hair was thin to balding, and he was slightly heavy set - a lightweight
compared to most of the older Hawaiians I saw.  He had an easy smile.  He
started out telling us about his family - his wife, kids and grandkids.  He
explained how the islands were relatively recently formed from the volcanic
action which is still going on.  Each one of the Hawaiian Islands were
gradually built up from the ocean floor, layer upon layer of magma, until it
broke the surface and formed the islands now there.  There is a very recent
new one as I write.  The big island of Hawaii is still being extended, with
a live volcano.

He explained how there really were no native Hawaiians.  "We are all
transplants, some more recent than others."  The Hawaiians' had an unwritten
tradition of how they came from other islands across the seas.  Their
monarchy was decided in the same way that they kept the royal line pure:
Only the strongest survived.  People's who arrived to the islands in later
years had to accept the ways of the earlier and predominant people.  The
reason that there were so many large, beautiful Hawaiians was that they
practiced human culling.

There was little disease and the weather was always mild, so they often
lived long.  If any child was born that was too small or had an obvious
birthmark or blemish, it was culled, and they would just have another to
replace it.  The way they culled their children was to offer them to the sea
as soon as they were born.  This assured that all that were allowed to grow
to maturity were large and beautiful.  Through many generations, only the
strong genes survived, until by the time the Europeans and Americans
arrived, they were definitely a "superior race.  But they were relatively
peaceful, and their military strength was not anything to compare with the
more advanced peoples who "conquered" them.

They  were first conquered by the Christians.  The Christian peoples were
appalled by some of their practices, one of which was the culling of their
children, another was their succession of kings.  The king had multiple
wives and many descendants to the throne.  The strongest only was allowed to
reign.  When the strongest son emerged after the king died, he simply
offered the rest of the sons to the gods, as human sacrifice.  The royal
wives hated this practice, and when the Europeans and Americans came they
supported the women in this thing.  The men would not agree to this change
in their ways, so the Queen was made superior, by the enforcement of the
outsider Christians.  So this was when the Hawaiians changed from a mostly
patriarchal to mostly matriarchal society.

The Christians had a lot more, possibly more important effects on the
Hawaiians.  They brought commerce.  The Christian missionary families became
rich from the bounty of the Hawaiians, and beacme the real ruling authority.
  Tony said there was a very well known saying amongst the Hawaiinas:  "The
Christians came to do good, and did VERY WELL!"  He was almost to Laei when
he told us that.  He pointed to the Mormon temple and said, "The Mormons
were the only missionaries that did not rape and pillage my people."  He
added, "This is why the Mormon Temple is in Hawaii.  When it was built,
there were few Mormon Temples in the world.  But my people easily embraced
this religion, which did not take away our ways, but rather tried to
preserve them.  So many of my people embraced this religion.

We stopped at the same compound for lunch that Luke had taken us to a couple
days earlier.  The bus driver gave us more time to look and shop than Luke
did.  He probably got a cut of the profit!  As we were walking among the
shops, (Craig was not doing badly at all!) we met Tony and I had to ask him.
  "You must be a Mormon!"

"No, I'm not!  Actually I don't really practice a religion.  But my family
were Congregational, the original church that sent missionaries here.  I
learned about the way they took our beautiful land away from my people, and
I walked away from it.  My parents are still alive and still attend church
regularly.  If I were to be anything, I suppose I would look at the Mormons
first, but it all seems like superstition to me."

On the trip back south, we passed y of the places that we had days earlier.
We stopped at the summit of the mountains that split the Island.  The east
side of the island is called the windward side.  There was a stopping place
near the top.  The wind was so strong, blowing upwards from the east.  There
is some kind of legend that men were reported to cast themselves off and
just be blown back to the top.  I could believe it.  I stood at the top,
overlooking the whole valley overlooking Kaneohe Bay, and I leaned out over
this precipice into the wind at a very steep angle before Craig asked me to
stop scaring him.

>From the windward overlook, we passed through the tunnel which has been
built through the very top of the mountian, directly in to the sprawling
suburbs of Honolulu.  This is why many people would rather go to some of the
other islands - too many people.  I feel, after our visit, that this is the
place to come first.  Maybe subsequent trips Craig and I will go see another
Island.  Especially now that we know someone here.

The bus brought us back to our hotel in time for us to go out to dinner.  We
decided the Asian Market would best serve us this night.  We went and bought
a large combo dinner there at one of the many eating places, and split it.
Then Craig said he wanted to walk - WALK - on Waikiki.  So we did.  He had
an appointment the next morning to see the doctor, plus get his dressing
changed.

During our walk, we stopped to gaze out over the bay and at the boats and
the stars and the moon.  Craig took something out of his pocket.  It was a
small box.  He said, "Here, my darling Christopher, I love you so much!
Happy week-a-versary!"  I opened it and inside was a chain with a silver
pendant in the shape of a porpoise, with a black pearl attached to it's
tail.

"Well, you SUCK!"  I said!  "I didn't get you anything!"  I felt so loved
and so lame at the same time!  "Wait a minute!  It hasn't been a week yet!
Now you really suck!"

"All this talk about sucking is getting me pretty horny, Babe!"  he said.

We went up to our place, and he attacked me almost like normal.  He said,
"This is my night!  But I am going to make it yours!  Just let me do this."

"If you are sure it's okay!"

"I'm sure!"  He undressed me and then himself.  I could still see him
straining and grimacing at times as much as he tried to hide it.  He tried
to pick me up, but I drew the line there.  So he pulled me into the shower
and gave me the all over bath treatment.  He took extra care washing my
genitals.  By the time he rinsed me off, a few extra strokes were all it
took, and I blew it all over him and the floor of the shower.  He then
quickly rinsed it off and we got out of the shower.  His dressing got
soaked.  I was worried, but he insisted, "It's OKAY, Christy!  I am getting
it changed in the morning!"  I guess I did worry too much.

He then decided it was time to top me.  He did it with relish and like he
knew what he was doing.  It was so hot, as he just kept pumping, slowly
picking up speed and steam until he was like a train coming in to the
station.  I actually came way before him, from the inner stimulation I was
getting, and then again, even more intensely as the train was coming in!  It
was really great!  He finally collapsed on top, then rolled beside me, and
we both passed out until the morning light woke us.  I looked over at my
sweetheart, and nearly his whole pillow, and the bandage -  was stained
red!

"Craig!"  I yelled!

"What?"  and he tried to rise up.  "Ohhhhhh, that was the wrong thing to
do."  He grimaced big-time!  "Oh, god!  I guess I overdid it a little last
night!  I am really stiff!"

I then realized he had no idea.  "You're more than stiff, Sweetheart.  Your
wound has been bleeding - a lot!  No!  Just lay there!  I am going to call
the hospital."

I called and the doc was there doing rounds.  He said, "How is he?"

"He's very sore, and, Doctor, his pillow is drenched with blood!"

"Besides being sore, how is he - like, is he  responsive?  Is he sluggish?"

"He just woke up!  Just a minute.  Craig, how do you feel?"

"Why are you talking to me like I am mentally retarded or something?  I'm
fine!"

"He' says he's fine, Doc."

"Is it wet?"

"The pillow?"

"Yes, the pillow."

"Uh, let me just - yes very wet!"

"Unless it just happened, it probably is not blood.  Blood would have dried
overnight.  It is probably a mixture of water and blood which has built up.
It needed to be released.  My, you must have had quite a time to have it
happen and not even know it!  Bring him in, and I'll take a look.  If he is
feeling all right, he's probably fine."

When we got to our appointment (well, technically, Craig's appointment, but
I feel he is part of me and vice versa, so it was "our" appointment) the doc
was waiting for us.  He immediately removed the bandage.

"Hmmmm.  No swelling.  No redness.  No eye patch!  When did that come off?"

"Yesterday!"  Craig answered.  "It was driving me crazy!"

"The patient usually knows!  Well, everything looks fine.  Truthfully, had
you come in and that wound had not yet drained, I would have been worried.
I don't tell patients beforehand, because I want them to call me if it
happens all at once like that.  This type of wound needs to heal from the
inside out.  The body knows this, so it often surrounds the would with
fluid, so the outside won't heal up first..

If warned beforehand patients will  often minimize it, and do nothing, maybe
even removing the dressing without replacing it.  And then it can get
infected.  Infection is the most dangerous thing when it is anywhere close
to the brain."

All the time he was talking, he was cleaning and redressing the wound.
"Where to today?"

"Waimea Falls Park(?)."

"You'll love that.  It is almost all walking.  So take the - uh - how did it
go at Diamondhead?"

"Fine!  Luke and Chris held on to me going up the steps.  We rested at each
landing.  The hardest was getting through the bunkers.  I have to admit, the
pitch black spiral staircase was a trip!  I did fine!  We went to Hanauma
Bay and waded in the water - and the fish.  The guys held me up to make sure
I did not fall.  But when they went out to Toilet Bowl, I went out and
played with some kids by myself."

"Well, Craig," the doc said, "You seem to be healing quite well - and
quickly.  I'm glad you are feeling so confident about it.  A positive
attitude means so much!  Now, having said that, I want to tell you
something.  Sonny boy, DON'T take so many chances!  I did not keep you in
the hospital because I thought you would be better not here, but if you have
to come back here because of some foolishness, I will keep you here until
the scar is gone!  That could be years!"  He was of course smiling as he
said that, but we got the idea!

"And - keep up the sex!  I think it is cathartic - and that is also very
important!"

"Heh," I started, "I'll second that!  He looks kind of hot with his head
shaven, doesn't he, Doc?"

"Actually I wasn't going to comment, but since you - well never mind."

"Doc, are you - -?"

He smiled broadly.  "Naw, but - I play one on TV!"

". . . gay?"

"I really do try not to involve myself with my patients this much, but you
guys just stole my heart!  You are obviously so much in love!  If the whole
world could see you, then the whole world would be gay!"

"Boy, you know how to skirt around an answer, don't you, Doc?"  I said.

"We learn how to do that in med school!"  He said.  Then he looked left and
then right.  "Yes, I am.  But even here in liberal Hawaii, a professional
person has to be careful who he tells.  An island is a closed community -
even one as populated as we are here.  And believe it or not, among the
natives it is even more frowned upon.  We all  have some claim on the
monarchy, so any "imperfection" is considered dangerous.  It's old and
antiquated, but it is what it is!"

"We have already encountered this with our friend."

"I guessed that!  Well, have a nice time today.  When do you have to go
back?"

"In two days."

"Stop in, the morning you leave.  I will be here all morning.  Just ask them
to page me, and I will not keep you waiting.  I'd like to see that head once
more.  Then you be sure to contact your doctor as soon as you get back."

"I - uh - I don't have a doctor."

"Why not?"

"I'm never sick!"

"Well, get one!  See you in two days!"

We left the hospital, and I immediately dialed Luke up.  "We'll be there in
about an hour.  We have an errand to do on the way."  I told him.

We went by the Hawaiian Airlines counter and picked up Luke's tickets.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

"Come on in.!  I'm all ready to go!"

We stepped in to Luke's room.  It was dark.  He looked like he was - was he
crying?  It was hard to tell in the dark.

"I want to tell you guys," he swallowed hard, " - I am really going to miss
you when you leave."

"Maybe you won't have to!"  I said.

"Wha - huh?"

I handed him the envelope.

"What's this?  Two - tickets to - NO!  FOUR ticket to Los Angeles!  What's
going on?"

"We want you to come home with us - so we can reciprocate for all you have
done for us!"

"Omigod!"  Then he did start to cry!  "I can't just leave!  My job! My -"

"If they won't let you go, can't you get another job?  Is this job so
important to you?"

"NO!  Fuck it all!  It isn't!  I'm going!"  He grabbed me and hugged me with
a ferocity that I didn't know he had!  He then went for Craig, then checked
himself.  "Oh!  Sorry!  I guess I got carried away!"

"It's okay," Craig said, "You can hug me - just be gentle."

Luke looked at us through glassy eyes. "I don't know quite what to say."

"How about yes!  And thanks!"

"But why four tickets?"

"Did you see the dates on the other two"

"Well, it is kind of dark in here!  Oh!  Ohhh, I - uh - !  For Christmas?"

I nodded.  He sat down in a nearby chair and started to sob.  "You - you -
you - have no idea what this - what this - me - me - means to -  - I started
getting depressed when I left you day before yesterday, and it has been down
hill since.   I was actually thinking of - well never mind that!  I am so -
overwhelmed - and happy!"

"Then it's decided?  You're going home with us?"

"Omigod!  I can't believe this is - hey!  Wait a minute!  How did you-?
This is - this is just too big a gift for - you - you - talked to my sister,
didn't you?  How did you know?  How did you-?"

"I'm afraid we cannot divulge any of that to you, *Lukamaiola*!"

"Oh, that's right!  It's right here on the ticket! No one except my sister
could have known my full name - but how did you - ?"

"I'm sworn to secrecy!"  I reiterated.

"You guys are something else!  Well, lets get going to Waimea Falls Park.
Do you want me to drive, or do you want to - -?"

"I'll drive, and if you don't mind, maybe you can sit between Craig and me.
He has decided he can sit up front with the big folks now!"

"I wouldn't mind at all, even though it would be nicer in a smaller car!"

"Oh, you devil!"  I replied.

We all piled in the front seat of the Town Car.  Five could have sat there
comfortably!  Luke headed me in the right direction.  We went back the same
direction we went a few days earlier, the day Craig got hurt.  As soon as we
got outside Pearl City, I relaxed a little.  I was driving with my left
hand, my right hand resting on my thigh.  Luke gently took hold of my right
hand, and also Craig's left at the same time, and joined them in the middle.
  I squeezed Craig's hand.  Then Luke pushed our hands down onto his lap -
which was somehow twitching!

"You Are a devil!"  Craig said

"Hee hee!"  Luke giggled, as he ground our hands into his "lap"!  I think I
remember some sort of response from his "lap"!

In less than two hours we were at the entrance of the park.  There was a
like a long promenade - except it was a road - leading to the gate.  It was
so beautiful even before we got into the park.  We paid our money and found
a parking place.

We walked by a restaurant and a large fish pond with many varieties of -
probably - Koi.  From there, we boarded a bus, and were taken for a overview
tour.  When we finished that, we walked to the actual falls.  We almost had
to restrain Craig!  He wanted to swim so badly!  There was a large pond into
which the falls fell.  Lots of people were in the water.

Luke and I got in the water.  The bottom dropped off very fast and it got
quite deep over by the falls.  I saw one guy treading water, holding his
video camera, and taping his girlfriend or wife up on the rocks under the
falls.  So as soon as he was finished, Luke and I got up there.  Poor Craig
looked miserable, not being able to be there too.  But we could not chance
getting his dressing wet.

We didn't torture him too long.  Besides the park loud speakers were asking
everyone to clear the pool.  Then we got to watch some exhibition diving
from the cliffs overlooking the falls.  It was spectacular!  Two girls and
three guys took their turns.  This was originally a contest for the men.
The guys were champion divers from various places.  They were all - guys and
girls - very hot looking in their string bikinis!  I caught Craig's eyes and
directed his attention to Luke.  He was not even trying to hide his obvious
reaction in his wet trunks!  Luke caught us looking and smirked.  He didn't
seem the least bothered by it!

We then walked a short distance to a natural bowl where a stage had been set
up and there was a continuous show going on by local entertainers - all
Polynesian and in costume.  We then wandered to an open area with some of
the most beautiful flowers and trees I have ever seen.  At one end was an
area where people were conducting games that anyone could participate in.
Contests of will and skill.  Also in the same place, they were teaching some
types of island dancing in a grass roofed patio.  Luke didn't need to be
taught this.  He helped us to learn.  He placed his hands on my hips and
moved them in some very interesting ways - some of which the instructors
were not showing us!  Some of the people gathered around us and some of the
moves got "woo-hoo's" from our audience and a red face from me!

Apart from the first place Luke took us, this was the most beautiful.  The
other place was wild - untamed.  This was all cultivated, but beautiful!

It was a long day, and we were all pretty tired.  Well, Craig probably was
not quite as tired, because we got very cranky when he insisted on walking,
and kept him in his wheelchair as much as possible.  The next afternoon we
were to leave for Los Angeles.  When we got back in our room. I called my
parents.  They were supposed to meet us at the airport.  We had our car
there in long term parking, but they just wanted to be there and take us out
to dinner.  But they had another engagement and begged off.  They said they
were going to send Seth with money for our dinner.

"Perfect!"  I said, a little too enthusiastically.

"Oh?"  My dad said.


"It will be great to see him!"  I said.  It was NOT what I was thinking.

Our last night there was very nice.  We walked to the Royal Hawaiian again,
but to a different restaurant.  This one was much more classy and the menus
were more exotic.  We ordered something.  We had no idea what it was.  It
involved rice and some kind of fish in a curry sauce, with stir-fry veggies
and a fruit salad.  For dessert, we had a wonderful mousse with fresh fruit
on top.

We finished dinner and walked down to the beach.  I earlier had been able to
get away long enough to go to the Asian market.  I had seen a branch of the
store where Craig bought my pendant.  I knew because I saw the same pendant.
I bought him the exact pendant.  I know, not too original, but I liked the
idea of us wearing the same pendant.

We walked down to the darkness of the Aquarium, and I kissed him, then gave
him the pendant!

"Now You suck!"  He said.

"Why?" I asked, though I thought I knew.

"In the first place, it couldn`t have taken much thought.  In the second
place, now you know how much I paid for yours!  And in the third place now
it really IS our week-a-versary!"

I looked hurt - I was a little - until he added, "And I LOVE it!  I guess
that's why I bought it for you!  I love you so much, my sweet Christopher!"
Then he kissed me again with such passion, I had to open my eyes to see if
someone was looking.

We retired to our room, and as tired as we were, we had some very hot, if
somewhat gentle lovemaking.

We checked out of the hotel and went over to Luke's early to help him pack.
"What does one wear in California?"  He asked.

"About the same as what you wear here, at this time of the year.  Later on -
Christmastime - you will need some warmer clothes.  No, it doesn't snow
there - at least in southern Cal, but it does get pretty cold sometime -
compared to here."

We went to breakfast at Denny's and then Luke wanted to go to the Asian
market.  "I want to get some things for your parents."

After seeing the doc, with one last change to the dressing, , and a very
fond goodbye to our dear doctor, we had hamburgers for lunch at the Hard
Rock Cafe, then headed out to the airport.  The trip home seemed so much
longer than the flight out.  As we boarded the escalator down to the luggage
area, There was Seth, Eddie and Mel.  When we got to the bottom of the
escalator, Seth was transfixed on Craig's head., with a concerned
expression.  That was all but forgotten as I said, "Seth, this is Luke.  We
picked him up in a market in Hawaii!"

Seth and Luke stood eye to eye, each one looking up and down.  At once they
both said, involuntarily, in a whisper, "Wow!"

Notes:  What?  Does there really NEED to be notes this time?  Well, still,
comments are always welcome!  Don't forget to include "Chris" in the subject
line.  Love, Steve s4d@hotmail.com